Date of birth | 6 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Comerford (born 6 April 2000) is an Irish rugby union player, currently playing for United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup side Leinster. His preferred position is wing. [1]
Comerford has represented the Ireland national rugby sevens team in the World Rugby Sevens Series. He debuted for the national sevens team in 2021. [2] [3]
He competed for Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [4] [5]
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